Entrance to Mersea Island's ancient burial mound
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Entrance to Mersea Island's ancient burial mound
Image: © Neil Theasby Taken: 10 Apr 2015
Marked on maps as "Tumulus" and located at Barrow Hill, Mersea Island. The mound was most likely made during the Roman era around 100AD. The tunnel into it was made during a detailed archaeological excavation in 1912. In the very centre of the mound an impressive bowl-shaped glass vessel was discovered in a lead box. It contained burnt human remains.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.791134
Longitude
0.931408